Comprehensible Input
Unit words are on the wall in room, with definitions and translations
What is a word wall?
students take turns reading a text out loud
What is a read-aloud?
What is bolding?
A warm drink that can be served in class to create a welcome environment
What is tea?
A deficit term used to describe someone whose first language may not be English
What is ESL (or ELL)?
a list of words definitions and translations that each student has
What is a dual language glossary?
students discuss answers with a peer before sharing with the class
What is think, pair, share?
Vocabulary words that are used across subjects in school?
What is academic (tier 2) vocabulary?
Buddies who speak the same language as a new student
What is a peer mentor?
A program of support workers to assist newcomers in schools
What is SWIS? (or settlement workers)
a poster with concepts, visuals and translations posted on the wall
What is an anchor chart?
The teacher provides words or phrases to scaffold student writing
What are sentence starters?
words are explored with translation, definition, example and non example
What is the Frayer model?
Students are encouraged to use their first language as a resource
What is translanguaging?
A term used to describe learners who have gaps in their educational history
What is English Literacy Development (ELD)?
students group together words based on their common form or meaning
What is a word sort activity?
Students write something in their first language and then translate into English
What is scaffolding?
an organizer used to explore meanings and uses of words in various contexts
What is "Explore the Word?
Teachers uses texts, resources and topics that reflect the background, languages and experiences of students
What is CRRP?
A term used to describe behaviours used in STEP assessment
What are observable language behaviours (or OLBs)?
text is broken down into smaller units with lots of white space
What is chunking text?
Students complete intentional gaps in teacher selected texts
What is a cloze activity?
A goal established for the explicit function and form of language in a lesson
What is a language objective?
Resources, scaffolds and supports are accessible to all students
What is UDL?
A term used to describe the complex language repertoire that exists in our brain
What is plurilingualism?